VZCZCXRO0431
RR RUEHDA
DE RUEHDA #0214 2780850
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 050850Z OCT 06
FM AMCONSUL ADANA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4312
INFO RUEUITH/AFOSI DET 521 ANKARA TU
RUEHAK/AMEMBASSY ANKARA 0859
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHINGTON DC
RUEHIT/AMCONSUL ISTANBUL 0748
RUEKJCS/OSD WASHINGTON DC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RUEILB/NCTC WASHINGTON DC
RHMFIUU/AFOSI DET 522 INCIRLIK AB TU
RUETIAA/DIRNSA FT MEADE MD
RUEHDA/AMCONSUL ADANA 0913

UNCLAS ADANA 000214 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PINS PGOV PHUM TU
SUBJECT: SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4, 2006 
 
This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for October 04, 
¶2006.  Please note that Turkish press reports often contain 
errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for 
the accuracy of the reports summarized here. 
 
POLITICAL 
 
OZGUR GUNDEM:   DTP-based mayors of the southeastern region, 
including Sirnak, Batman, Mardin's Nusaybin and Kiziltepe 
districts, Diyarbakir's Baglar and Kayapinar districts, 
Sanliurfa'a Viransehir district,   made a call to the 
authorities to respond positively to the cease-fire declaration 
of the PKK. 
 
¶3.      ZAMAN:  Adana Mayor Aytac Durak, as he talked about 
the Cukurova Industry and Commerce Fair, which entered the last 
phase of its organizational preparations, said that it was 
pointless and unnecessary to hold a fair in every province. 
 
 
SECURITY 
 
¶4.       HURRIYET:      Arte, a TV station, which is a joint venture 
of Germany and France, broadcast a documentary that was 
allegedly propaganda for the PKK.  The documentary depicted 
lives of two female and two male PKK members living in the 
Qandil Mountain of Iraq. 
 
¶5.       OZGUR GUNDEM:  The daily reports a soldier, whose death 
as was serving his military service in Tunceli's Battalion 
Command on September 30, raised suspicion among his family 
members.   The military officials claim that the soldier 
committed suicide.  The hometown of the soldier who died was 
reportedly Mardin 
 
¶6.      HURRIYET / OZGUR GUNDEM:          Land Forces Commander 
Ilker Basbug, who paid a visit to the Diyarbakir Governor 
together with the Jandarma National Commander, said that the 
fight against the PKK would continue until the last terrorist in 
the mountains was done away with.   According to Basbug, the PKK 
should lay down arms unconditionally and surrender to Turkish 
judicial authorities.  Ozgur Gundem commented on the visit 
saying that military circles "were not pleased with the 
cease-fire." 
 
¶7.       OZGUR GUNDEM:  Soldiers from a jandarma command 
arrested two village guards in Van's Gurpinar district allegedly 
for stealing telephone wires which were installed for public use. 
 
HUMAN RIGHTS 
 
¶8.      ZAMAN / OZGUR GUNDEM: Diyarbakir Mayor Osman Baydemir 
upheld his remarks made during to "calm down" people during the 
violent public demonstrations in March in Diyarbakir during the 
trial brought against him at Diyarbakir's Sixth Heavy Penalty 
Court (see press summary for October 3) on charges of 
voluntarily "aiding and abetting the terrorist organization." 
 
¶9.      HURRIYET:       A 22 year old male has been sentenced to a 
life in prison for killing in the name of honor his 16 year old 
sister who was pregnant, 2.5 months ago in Gaziantep. 
 
ECONOMY 
 
¶10.     OZGUR GUNDEM:   Authorities responded to the protests of 
Adana Chapter of Chamber of Architects, and said that the 
problem about shortage of funding for Old Roman Bridge's 
renovation in Adana was solved. 
 
CRIME/LAW ENFORCMENT 
 
¶11.     HURRIYET (CUKUROVA):    Jandarma teams seized twenty-eight 
kilograms of hashish during an operation against drug 
trafficking in Diyarbakir's Lice district. 
 
¶12.     OZGUR GUNDEM:   During an anti-drug operation in 
Hakkari's Yuksekova district, three kilograms of opium gum was 
seized. 
 
GREEN